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From starting each day with a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to eating eggs for breakfast: This 7-day Pioppi diet plan will EXTEND your life by 10 years

Seven-day 'Pioppi diet' plan that extends life by 10 years

Pioppi, in southern Italy, has been dubbed the 'world's healthiest village', with its residents frequently living to 100 years old. This is despite bacon and chocolate being a staple of their diet. To adapt the diet of Pioppi, which UNESCO has protected as the home of the Mediterranean diet, into that which suits the average western urban-dweller, cardiologist Dr Aseem Malhotra and former athlete Donal O'Neillb have created a seven-day meal plan.

Getting fit in middle-age is just good as exercising throughout your youth: Being active in your 50s lowers your stroke risk as much as doing so in earlier life

The findings, by experts in Norway, offer hope that it is not too late to get fit to the millions of middle-aged people in Britain who do very little exercise. Around 100,000 people have a stroke each year in the UK.

Are these health trends REALLY good for you? We reveal the pros and cons of 9 wellness fads, from avocado toast to green juices - and the results might surprise you

Registered nutritionist Amy Shapiro and registered dietitian Maria Bella reveal if nine top health trends are actually good for you. Neither recommend green juices to their clients.

Diet tweaks to help you lose a POUND in a week... without giving up biscuits, alcohol or your Sunday roast!

Crash diets don't work, according to US research - so making mini tweaks, not major alterations, to your diet brings greatest success. You don't even have to stop eating cookies (file pic).

The benefits of walking...simply putting one foot in front of the other is all it takes to improve mood

It doesn't matter where we do it, why we do it or what we expect from the walk, found Iowa State University researchers. Physical movement alone boosts happiness due to our hunter-gatherer roots.

How to try the 'fasting diet' in a healthy way, according to a nutritionist

Fasting for weight loss is a well kept secret in the world of nutritionist's and others in the health know. Nutritionist May Simpkin explains how intermittent fasting could help you lose weight.

Vegetarian diets really DO lower your cholesterol

A review of nearly 50 studies led by researchers from Keio University in Fujisawa found eating more greens could be a good preventive care for cardiovascular disease (stock image).

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